Tag: filmmaking tips and tricks

Determining how to price out projects at the rate that is suitable for you can be challenging in a business like film & video production. Potential clients are focused …

The URSA Mini Pro 12K is the most advanced camera for digital cinematography that has ever been created, so much so that our eyes can’t even see it. The …

RØDE Microphones has announced the return of the World’s Largest Short Film Competition, My RØDE Reel. Now in its 7th year, RØDE has once again upped the ante with …

When you really, really, really, really, REALLY want to like someone or something you put yourself through this awful game of trying weigh the positives against the negatives. Can …

To cut your chops, new editors need only one thing – practice.  Even if you’ve attended the world’s most prestigious film school or interned with an academy award winning …

Although the learning curve with DaVinci Resolve can seem a little steep at times, there are a wealth of user created, online tutorials to help you make your footage …

If you’ve read anything I’ve written for 4K Shooters before, you know that I just love brazen, DIY, unconventional filmmaking methods. Sometimes we call little tricks like these ‘hacks’ …

Crisp, clear audio is as essential to filmmaking as properly framed and exposed images.  If the buzzes, hums, barks, and background chatter of the world weren’t bad enough, your …

All cameras suffer from some degree of visible noise that is inherent in how they capture an image.  These unwanted variations in brightness and color are usually processed out …

With nearly 30 years of development behind it, it isn’t surprising to find a few hidden features in Adobe Premiere Pro every once in awhile.  Lots of editors cut …

Over the last few years, we have seen a lot of monitors from Chinese manufacturers flooding the internet with low costs and really great features.  The OSEE G7 is …

Don’t you ever dare question if Arthur R is handling his cameras properly and damaging his sensor! This guy is a loose cannon and when you challenge him there …

Samsung’s new S20 smartphone makes a lot of big claims with its 100X zoom capability, 108MP stills, and 8K video.  On paper this 6.2 inch mobile device sounds sorta …

You mean you don’t know? It’s ok to admit it. For the last decade, stills lenses have been used far more for video and independent film productions than cine …

Red Digital Cinema cameras started a revolution in the film and video world when they were introduced in 2007. They entered a market that was completely dominated by the …

Apple has recently updated the 16″ MacBook Pro with a flashy, new AMD Radeon Pro 5600M graphics card with 8GB of HBM2 Memory. This new upgrade is offered for …

Modern stylistic editing is all about playing with space and time. Slow motion footage can really draw an audience’s attention to important key moments in your story, evoke emotions, …

The Aputure 300 series are possibly some of the most versatile light fixtures for filmmaking on the market today. With the inclusion of a Bowens mount, Aputure has given …

The Dell XPS 15 9500 and the MacBook Pro 16 are two of the most powerful, most portable laptops that you can use for professional video editing. But which …

Smooth, stable footage is the mark of professional filmmaking and applying stabilization to footage in DaVinci Resolve has never been easier than in version 16. There has always been …